“My wife is the gram pradhan, but I am the real in-charge. You can interview me” In the last panchayat polls held in 2015 across Uttar Pradesh, women won nearly 44% of the gram pradhan seats....
No salary in three months, a big debt to repay – this ASHA worker still reports to work every day It’s not easy to leave behind your children and their needs and go to attend the needs of new moms...
Positive Stories ‘There are no holidays for a farmer. I don’t even know what day of the week it is’ Jagrani, a female farmer, talks to Gaon Connection about a life spent in the fields, of hard physical labour and...
Video Shows Beating breast cancer … emerging victorious In 2018, nearly 6 lakh women died due to breast cancer, which is around 15% of all cancer deaths among...
Reportage|Video Shows Mr Thackeray, please listen to the farmers The political drama is over and Maharashtra has a new chief minister. Devendra Fadnavis, in his 80-hour second term, cleared...
Video Shows “That day, my son too had gone with the others to look for his father. They found him hanging” Gajanan Shinde, 35, lived with his family in Khambegaon in Marathwada’s Nanded district, around 600 kms from Mumbai. His body...
A tale of two sisters in water-stressed India — one is allowed to study, the other has to fetch water According to the recently released National Sample Survey Office data on Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition, 11.3% rural...
Water bodies in India are struggling to get adequate flows that severely affect the overall habitat suitability Declining fish diversity in Gomti river in Lucknow due to channelization Smaller drying events versus
We have masks … but how are the villagers dealing with toxic air? Over 46 million residents in the National Capital Region (NCR) have been breathing poison. But, we must remember that there...
Folk Studio Sarangi … the instrument of a hundred colours The Sarangi derives its name from the bow of Lord Vishnu. As per some musicians, the word Sarangi is a...
